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Over its first two generations, the Toyota Highlander could best be described by one word: pleasant. Easy-going and accommodating, the Highlander has long provided no-stress family transportation. Those qualities won the Highlander repeated appearances on Consumer Reports’ Top Pick list. So why mess with success?
The new Highlander continues to be one of the most carlike midsized SUVs on the market. This redesign focused on improving the Highlander’s driving dynamics and providing a larger third-row seat, increasing maximum seating capacity to eight—all the better to square off against the Highlander’s main rival, the Honda Pilot .
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Toyota to recall 6.4 million vehicles
The Toyota Camry is among the models affected by the latest recall
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Toyota is recalling 6.4 million vehicles globally, including 35,124 in the UK, over five separate issues.
Some 3.5 million vehicles are being recalled to replace a spiral cable attached to the driver#039;s side airbag.
It may be damaged when the steering wheel is turned and result in the airbag not being deployed in a crash.
Other issues include problems with seat rails, steering columns, windscreen wipers and a glitch with the engine starters that poses a fire risk.
Toyota said it was not aware of any vehicle crashes, injuries or fatalities caused by these conditions. ...

Head-to-Head Review: 2014 Toyota Highlander versus 2014 Acura MDX
Here, we have two freshly redesigned, seven-passenger SUVs—one from the technophile Acura brand, and the other from workaday Toyota. With an as-tested price difference of roughly $12,000, how close could these fancy family SUVs really be? Is a luxury badge worth a premium price, or does Toyota manage an unexpected victory?
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Toyota The 2014 Toyota Highlander is brand new. But does this mainstream crossover have what it takes to unseat a highly-regarded rival wearing a luxury badge?
These days, a luxury experience doesn’t always come with a luxury badge. This applies to everything from cars and clothes, to ...

Toyota to pay $1.2B to settle criminal probe
A Toyota Camry sits on the sales lot at City Toyota in Daly City, Calif. in a 2010 file photo (Photo: Justin Sullivan Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that Toyota will pay a $1.2 billion penalty to settle the criminal probe into its handling of unintended acceleration problems that led to recalls of 8.1 million vehicles beginning in 2009.
Attorney General Eric Holder called the settlement the largest U.S. criminal penalty ever imposed on a car company.
Today, we can say for certain that Toyota intentionally concealed information and misled the public about the safety issues behind these recalls, Holder ...

2014 Toyota Corolla LE Eco Plus review notes
Power tops out at 140-hp and 126 lb-ft of torque. Photo by Toyota.
The 2014 Toyota Corolla LE Eco Plus is front-wheel drive mated to a continuously variable transmission. Photo by Toyota.
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Future Models — Toyota 2014 HiLux
Next Toyota HiLux to get Aussie touch
Local input: Toyota Australia engineers from the Melbourne-based Technical Centre will head the Asia Pacific region’s chassis tuning on the next-gen HiLux.
Toyota Australia engineers to lead chassis tuning for next-generation HiLux
7 September 2011
TOYOTA Australia will have a bigger say in the development of the next-generation Toyota HiLux light truck due in about 2014, with local engineers being nominated to head the chassis tuning for the Asia-Pacific region.
The input from the Melbourne-based Toyota Technical Centre will ensure that advanced safety features such as electronic stability control (ESC) ...

Redesigned, American-made 2014 Highlander Arrives at Prestige Toyota
The first shipment of all-new, American-made 2014 Toyota Highlander SUVs recently arrived at Prestige Toyota. Executives at the Toyota dealership in New Jersey announced that customers are now invited to come in and test drive the redesigned vehicle.
2014 Toyota Highlander
The bold, updated styling on this vehicle is sure to make it a popular choice for years to come. We can’t wait for our customers to come in and see it in person.
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Executives at Prestige Toyota welcomed customers and on-lookers alike to the dealership to see the updated, American-built Toyota Highlander, which has ...

Toyota to recall nearly 6.5 million vehicles for steering, other faults
1 of 3. Toyota representatives unveil the 2007 Yaris S Sedan as the car makes its global debut at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California in this January 4, 2006 file photo.
Toyota recalls 6.4 million vehicles
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp, in its second-largest recall announcement, said on Wednesday that it would call back 6.39 million vehicles globally after uncovering five different faults involving parts ranging from steering to seats.
The world’s biggest automaker said it was not aware of any crashes or injuries caused by the glitches, which were found in 27 Toyota models including ...

2014 Toyota Highlander
So long, Spongebob: This minivan surrogate is now more stylish.
Toyota doesn#x2019;t want its all-new 2014 Highlander to be painted with the same #x201C;Mom Bomb#x201D; brush that#x2019;s ruined sales of minivans. So for 2014, Toyota#x2019;s wrapped its huge-selling crossover SUV in more-angular sheetmetal designed to attract more dudes. There#x2019;s also a bolder grille that#x2019;s slightly reminiscent of the brutish snout of the full-size Tundra pickup, as well as prominent chrome eyebrows, which sound like something Lady Gaga wishes she had but are in fact far more tame. The wheels are bigger, too, with the base rollers going from 17 to 18 inches, and they sit ...

2014 Toyota Highlander
Generation three model adds room, refinement, and comfort.
MARC URBANO AND THE MANUFACTURER
The mid-size Highlander made its debut in 2000 as a more carlike alternative to the rugged 4Runner. and it quickly became Toyota’s crossover SUV sales leaderbefore everyone had learned to call them crossovers. That term has since become a household word, and the third-generation Highlander hews to the defining elements: unitized construction and front-wheel-drive architecture, with off-road use as a distant, and steadily diminishing, design priority.
Toyota unveiled the latest Highlander at the New York auto show as a 2014 model. It’s a major make over emphasizing ...